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Peter Baldwin, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology; UNSW Sydney

How does Medicare’s new Mental Health Check In work? Is this low-intensity CBT likely to help?

If you’ve been struggling with your mental health lately, a new free service could help. Medicare Mental Health Check In launched earlier this year to give more Australians access to mental health care.

The idea behind early-intervention programs such as this is simple: catch mental health problems early, before they get worse.

But do these kinds of programs actually help? And will it work for all Australians?

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